Unit 3 Vocabulary Quiz

What is the definition of audience?

• The main point or underlying direction of a piece of writing

• The reason an author writes about a particular topic

• The intended target group for a message

• The specific details of a passage or text

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.6

CCSS.RI.6.9

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RI.7.9

What is author's craft?

• The main point or underlying direction of a piece of writing

• The reason an author writes about a particular topic

• The intentional and deliberate use of organizational patterns, text and graphic features, syntax, devices, and diction to create an effective written work

• The specific details of a passage or text

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.6

CCSS.RI.6.9

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RI.7.6

What is the purpose of an author?

• To persuade

• To entertain

• To inform

• All of the above

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.6

CCSS.RI.6.9

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

What is close reading?

• A method of literary analysis which focuses on the specific details of a passage or text in order to discern some deeper meaning present in it

• The main point or underlying direction of a piece of writing

• The reason an author writes about a particular topic

• The intended target group for a message

Tags

CCSS.RF.5.3A

CCSS.RF.5.4A

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RL.6.10

What is a controlling idea?

• The main point or underlying direction of a piece of writing

• The reason an author writes about a particular topic

• The intended target group for a message

• The specific details of a passage or text

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RI.5.2

What is credibility?

• The main point or underlying direction of a piece of writing

• The reason an author writes about a particular topic

• The quality of having reliable and trustworthy characteristics

• The specific details of a passage or text

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.6

CCSS.RI.6.9

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RI.7.6

What is an informational text?

• A text that presents information in order to explain, clarify, and/or educate

• The main point or underlying direction of a piece of writing

• The reason an author writes about a particular topic

• The intended target group for a message

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

What are key ideas?

• Important ideas throughout a work that support the central message, theme, tone, etc.

• The main point or underlying direction of a piece of writing

• The reason an author writes about a particular topic

• The specific details of a passage or text

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

What is paraphrase?

• The main point or underlying direction of a piece of writing

• The reason an author writes about a particular topic

• Restating the meaning of something in different words

• The specific details of a passage or text

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

What is a primary source?

• A source from the time in which an event being studied occurred and created by someone who was present at the event

• The main point or underlying direction of a piece of writing

• The reason an author writes about a particular topic

• The specific details of a passage or text

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9